March 31, 2014

Biblical Phrases

The following 90 phrases came from the Bible.

  • A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
  • A broken heart
  • A cross to bear
  • A drop in the bucket
  • A house divided against itself cannot stand
  • A labour of love
  • A law unto themselves
  • A leopard cannot change its spots
  • A man after his own heart
  • A multitude of sins
  • A soft answer turns away wrath
  • A thorn in the flesh
  • All things must pass
  • Am I my brother's keeper?
  • An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
  • As old as the hills
  • Ashes to ashes dust to dust
  • At his wits end
  • Baptism of fire
  • Be fruitful and multiply
  • Beat swords into ploughshares
  • Bite the dust
  • Blessed are the peacemakers
  • Born again
  • Breath of life
  • By the skin of your teeth
  • By the sweat of your brow
  • Cast bread upon the waters
  • Don't cast your pearls before swine
  • Eat drink and be merry
  • Eye to eye
  • Faith will move mountains
  • Fall from grace
  • Fight the good fight
  • Fire and brimstone
  • Flesh and blood
  • For everything there is a season
  • Forgive them for they know not what they do
  • Give up the ghost
  • Go the extra mile
  • Good Samaritan
  • Harden your heart
  • He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword
  • Holier than thou
  • How are the mighty fallen
  • In the twinkling of an eye
  • It's better to give than to receive
  • Lamb to the slaughter
  • Let he who is without sin cast the first stone
  • Let not the sun go down on your wrath
  • Living off the fat of the land
  • Love thy neighbour as thyself
  • Man does not live by bread alone
  • Manna from Heaven
  • Many are called but few are chosen
  • My cup runneth over
  • My heart's desire
  • No rest for the wicked
  • O ye, of little faith
  • Peace offering
  • Pride goes before a fall
  • Put words in one's mouth
  • Red sky at night; shepherds' delight
  • Scapegoat
  • Sign of the times
  • Sour grapes
  • Spare the rod and spoil the child
  • Strait and narrow
  • The apple of his eye
  • The blind leading the blind
  • The ends of the earth
  • The love of money is the root of all evil
  • The powers that be
  • The root of the matter
  • The salt of the earth
  • The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
  • The sweat of your brow
  • The wages of sin is death
  • The way of all flesh
  • The wisdom of Solomon
  • The writing is on the wall
  • There's nothing new under the sun
  • Thou shalt not kill
  • Wash your hands of the matter
  • What God has joined together let no man put asunder
  • Weighed in the balance
  • White as snow
  • Woe is me
  • Wolf in sheep's clothing
  • You reap what you sow